TY - JOUR ID - TI - RELATIVE GROWTH IN THE INTERTIDAL AMPHIPOD Parhyale basransis ( SALMAN 1986 ) FROM GARMAT-ALI RIVER,BASRAH,IRAQ. النمو النسبي في مزدوج الأقدام Parhyale basrensis (Salman,1986) من منطقة المد والجزر لنهر كرمة علي ،البصرة ,العراق AU - Ali, M.H. and Ahmed, H.K. مالك حسن علي هدى كاظم احمد PY - 2006 VL - 19 IS - 2 SP - 244 EP - 252 JO - Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences مجلة البصرة للعلوم الزراعية SN - 18175868 AB - Amphipod Parhyale basrensis relative growth was studied . Specimens were collected from the intertidal zone of Garmat-Ali river, Basrah, Iraq. The first and second pairs gnathopods growth were analysed versus the total length . The log-untransformed regression was applied to explain the growth pattererns, whereas transition point techniques give very correct estimation of size at maturity. Significant differences were found between relative growth coefficients between mature and immature , males and females of each gnathopod pairs and between the first and second gnathopod.

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